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Feb 19, 1473
Nicolaus Copernicus
A Polish mathmatician of the rennesance who created the first solar system model. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
The Enlightenment
A time of thought advancement, Scientific strength, and a Revolution of the french crown. -
Thomas Hobbes
He was against the revolution and saw that the government should have absolute power. -
Rene Decartes
English and belived everything is to be doubted until proven true. -
John Locke
was an english philosopher who believed all humans are naaturally happy and tollerant. -
Issac Newton
Found laws of gravity and created the 3 newton laws. -
Period: to
Absolutism and the French Revolution
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
a French philosopher who believed that all people are born happy but currupted by society. -
King Louis the XVI
A 15 year old King who was young and stupid. He and his wife lived an over extravagant lifestyle angering the citizens of France -
most deadly winter
france suffered the worst winter in 90 years and it lasted to 1789 -
Period: to
The Terror
the time of mass terror and death -
Robespiarre Standoff
Robespierre stood before the estates general to ask for equal representation with commoners -
Third estate forms the National Assebmly
it was a replacement to the current governing force. -
National Assembly
The Third estate formed the national asembly. -
Storming The Bastille
Mob of Paris citizens stormed the Bastille and took weapons and prisoners. -
Fudal Dues Elimanated
THe fudal dues and services were eliminated by the assembly. -
The Bread March
7,000 women marched from paris to versailles for bread. -
Jackabin meet
Robespierre was meeting with the jackabin club -
the calander change
The french changed the year from 1792 to year 1 and the names of the month also changed -
Tuileries march
a mob marched the palace and threw the royal familey in jail -
Period: to
The Republic
was the time of the republic -
Louis XVI death
Louis XVI was sent to the Guillotine and his head was cut off. -
Terror Speech
Robespiarre gives his speech of "virtue without terror is disasterous and terror without virtue is destructive" -
Great terror
The great terror began in the spring of 1794 -
Period: to
Napolean as Leader
this was the reign of napolean